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The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1887-07-16
A Temperance Lecture from Mr.. Pow
derby.

derby.
General Master Workman Powder
ly, in the issue of the Journal OF
United Labor published temperance
lecture addressed to the knights of
Labor. 1t is entitled "The Justice of
My Position" and is reply to UNI
favorable criticisms made by certain
of his correspondents on lectures de-
ivered by him recently in Boston
and Lynn, Mass. Mr.. Powderly
says:
81 know am right. / know that
in refusing to even touch a drop Of
strong drink l was and am right. In
refusing to treat another to that
which | do not believe to he good for
myself to drink L know that l am
right. In not allowing a rumseller
to gain admittance into the order of
the knights of Labor l know that l
am right. In advising our ASSN
blies not to rent halls or meeting
rooms over drinking-places | know
that | am right. l have done this
from the day my voice was first heard
in the council halls of our order. Ny
position on the question of temper
ance is right. l am determined to
maintain it, and will not alter it one
jot or title.
81 know that in the organization
of which | am head there are many
good men who drink, but they would
be better men if they did not drink.
Ten years ago l was Kissed because l
advised men to leave strong drink
alone. They threatened to rotten-egg
me. L have continued to adYise men
to be temperate, and though l have
had no experience that would justify
me to render an opinion of the efflca-
cy of rotten egg as an alley of the
rum.drinker, yet [ would prefer to
have my exterior decorated from
summit to base with the rankest
kind of rotten eggs rather than allow
one drop ofliquid villiany to pass my
lips,
Ten years ago the cause of temper
ance was not so respectable as it is
to-day, because there were not so
many respectable people advocating
it. 1t has gained ground, 1t is gain
ing ground, and all because men and
women who believe in it could not
be brow-beaten or frightened.
'Take list of the labor societies
of America, and the total sum paid
into the treasures from all sources
from their organization to the pres.
ent time will not exceed So ,00O, 900.
The Knights of Labor organization
is the largest and most influential of
them all and though so much has
been said concerning the vast amount
of money that has been collected
from the members, yet the total sum
levied and collected up to the present
time will not exceed 100000. Now
let us turn to the other side. In New
York alone it is estimated that not
less than S25, 900 day are spent for
drink, $4,000, 900 a year. fl cared
more for the praise and appreciation
of labor enemies than / do for the in
terest of labor / would remain silent.
1--WE are seeking to reform exist
ing evils. We must first reform our
Selves"
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1887-07-16
The Verdict Unanimous.

w. d. Suit, Druggist, Bppus, Ind, testifl.s
81 can recommend Electrict Bitters as tbe
very best remedy. Every bottle sold has
given relefin every case. One man tool, 81
bottles, and was cured of rheumatism Of "a
years standing" Abraham Hare. drnooiet
BellVille, Ohio. aflirms THE best Sails.
medicine have ever handled in my 20 vta,9;
experience, is Electric Bitters" Thousan Il.
Of others have added their testimony. So tnos
me verdict Is unanimous that Electrict Bill.
or Blood. only hall dollar bottle al b n ?
Il. Casteel's drug store.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1887-07-16
Excitement in Texas.

Great excitement has been caused in Tho
vicinity of Paris, Texas, by the remarkabIe
recovery of Mr.. j. f. Corley. who was 90
helpless he could not turn in bed or raise hi
head everybody said he was dying of Con-
sumption. A trial bottle of DR.. Kings Nav,
Discovery was sent him. Finding RELIEF ~
bought large bottle and box of DR.. Kine'S
New Life Pills; by the time he had tal,een
two boxes of Pills and two bottles of the MS
ccoyery, he was well and had gained in flesh
thirty six pounds. Trial Bottles OF this Greo :
discovery for Consumption, free at ID. u. +,
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1887-07-16

1t may be that luck goes up and
down the world calling on men and
women, but the name has been SPELL
ed Pluck on all of her cards that have
come under our eye.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1887-07-16
Bucklen's Arnica Salve.

THE BEST SALvE in the world for Cuts
Bruises, Sores, Ulcers, Salt Rheum, Fever.
Sores, letter, Chapped Hands, Chilbains
Corns, and all Skin Eruptions, and posi-
lively cures Piles, or no pay required. Itis
guaranteed to give perfect satisfaction, or
money refunded. Price % cents per box.
For sale by ID. L. IL. CAsTEEL
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1887-07-16
iMSOLVENT'S NOTICE.
No. So Insolvents.

Thomas J. Moreland,
VS.. No SO InSOlVentS.
His Creditors.
ORDERED. This twenty-seventh day of
" April, 1887, that the Fifth day of July
next, az 10 o'clock a. NJ. is hereby fixed as
the time at which Thomas j. MOreland, in
solvent petitioner, shall appear in the Circuit
Court for Garrett county, to answer such in
terregatories or allegations as his Creditors,
endorsers or sureties may propose or allege
Permanent trustee, for the benefit of the
Creditors of the said petitioner shall prior to
the said fifth day of July next. give at least
forty days notice of the day so fixed and of
the purport of this order by publication in
some newspaper printed in the town of Oak
land.
w. II. TOWER,
Clerk Circuit Court for Garrett county.
True copy-reSt:
4 30 81 w. II. TOWER. Clerk.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1887-07-16

Life has no wretchedness equal to
an illsorted marriage-it is the sep
ulcher of the heart, haunted by
ghosts of past affections and hopes
gone forever.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1887-07-16

A farmer said "One thing | don't
like about city fo!ks-they be either
so stuck up that yer can't reach 'em
with haystack pole, or so blamed
friendly that they forget to pay their
board"
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1887-07-16
NOTICE

All persons are warned against cutting
down any of the timber on my land on the
Hooppole Road, adjoining the land of Bowie
Johnson, about three miles from Deer Park
and six miles from Oakland. The penalty
for cutting down timber in Garrett county.
Md, without permission of the owner of the
land, is the same, under the Act of 1850, ch.
264, as for feioniously stealing goods or chat
tells to the value ofthe tree or trees" so cut
down.
THEOS. B. HORWITZ.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1887-07-16

Sam Jones refused to address a
gathering of newspaper men at Bos-
ton. His work appears to be exclu-
sively among the sinners.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1887-07-16

Wife-What do you think of the
new girl, John?
Husband-Was that her that let
me in?
Wife-Yes.
Husband-Well, she is inst daisy.
Wife (icily)-Think so?
Husband ENTHUSIASTICALLY
so! Why, she has complexion like
a moss rose, and eyes like like L
don't know what and her teeth are
splendid, too.
Next day when John went home to
dinner he was let in by girl with a
complexion like polished ebony, eyes
as large as saucers and teeth like two
rows of piano keys.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1887-07-16

If you would not have affiiction
visit you twice, listen at once to
what it teaches.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1887-07-16
NEW ADVERTISEMENTS
Are You Troubled With a Cough .?
Pleasant, Safe and Sure!

Ifso, try Rogers Specific Cough Cure sold
at A. q. Sturgiss' Drug Store, and in general
stores everywhere.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1887-07-16

1t is good discretion not to make
much of any man at first, because one
cannot hold out that proportion.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1887-07-16
New York Tribune.

New York Tribune.
Thomas N. Nichol, who never
plays cards, nevertheless tells story
about card playing, A coterie of his
acquaintance who were poker play
ers had night session in Chicago
which closed in contest over Jack
pot containing some $3.50. They had
started their game on Saturday and
on looking at their watches discover
ed that it was nearly five O'Clock
on Sunday morning. One of the
plaoers suggested, by way of PEN
ance, that who ever won the jack pot
should take it to church that day and
put it into the contribution box. The
winner was somewhat of a humorist.
He put the cash into an envelope,
marked 81. Pot" and laid it on the
contribution plate. On Monday
morning week later, happening to
pick up paper, he was astonished
to find in it report of a sermon de-
livered by the pastor of the church,
in which feeling allusion was made
to the fact that on the previous Sun
day kind stranger had made a gen.
erous donation to the church. 81 sim
cerely hope and trust" was the cler-
gyman's language, "that if Mr.. j.
Pot is still in the city and intends to
remain here he will make this his
permanent RELIGIOUS homeN
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1887-07-16

A cure for diseases of Stomach, Kidneys
and Liver; a great Nerve Tonic and Blood
Purifier, pleasant to the taste, prompt in ac-
ton, certain in results, and safe and reliable
in all forms of diseaSe. Sold at A. G. SturgiSs'
Drug Store and storekeepers everywhere.
Price SOC.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1887-07-16
Why Suffer with the Piles,

While immediate relief and complete cure
Specific Cocain Pile Remedy, a sure and
speedy cure for Itching, Protrudng, Bleed
ing or any other form of Piles. soc. per box.
Ask Mr.. A. G. Sturgiss your druggist, or any
stOrekeeper for Rogers Specific Cocain Pile
Remedy. Price soc. per box 72'S7. 1y
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1887-07-16
Should be in Every Home!

No poisonous sediment in Rogers Worm
syrup. Sold by A. G. Sturgiss ana all store
keepers.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1887-07-16
Appetine.

One bottle, at least, of Rogers Specific Lin
iment. Sold by a. g. Sturgiss and country
storekeepers.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1887-07-16
FOR SALE !!
Steam Engine, Saw Mill and
Single Machine.

T am authorized to sell n Fifteen Horse
Power page" Engine, Saw Mill and Single
Machine, with carriages. &c, complete, the
been in use about five years and is in good
running order. VIII be sold cheap for cash
or collateral which may be easily converted
into cash. May be examined atSwantOn, Md.
Must be sold soon.
For price and terms address or apply to
JAS. A. II aYDEN,
Oak land, Md
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1887-07-16
BLACKSMITHING.

am prepared to oall kinds of blacksmith
ing. Farmers work a speciality. Prices as
low as can be had for first class work. Shop
near Browning House."
it q DAVID LITTLE.
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AND A FULL LINE Of
TOLLlF FADIY Goods.


We carry the most complete stock in town
of Plain and Fancy Stationery, Writing I'adi,
&c. Fine Gravely Tobacco, and finest line of
Cigars in Western Maryland. Daily receiv-
ing supplies OF finest Candies and COnfec-
tioneries. A full line of Fishing Rods. Hooks,
Fish Baskets, &c, &c.
Ri- PHYSICIANS PRESCRIPTIONS CAREFUL
LY COMPOUNDED FROM PURE DRUGS. ~sa
Jan. 30, lSS7.-6 m.
The Republican. [volume] (Oakland, Md.) 1877-current, 1887-07-16

ElEhs more money thar at anything else by
EE sba taking an agency for the best selling
book out Beginners succeed grandly. None
fail Terms free. HALLETT Book Co., Port
land, Maine.
West Virginia Democrat. [volume] (Charles Town, W. Va.) 1885-1890, 1887-05-13
RETRoGRESSIoN.

AS sure as heroes found the State
So sure shall towards let itfall!
This seems the certain rule ot Tate,
And Justice, that inviolate
Should be, fails first and ruins all.
And speech is silver, silence gold
To those who will not-dare not
speak!
And so the same sad story's told,
And Rome and Babylon grow old
AS men themselves grow, false ana
weak.
But, for all this, the gathering mould re-
wives
That wondrous seed whence spring
forth martyr lives.
Even now the watcher on the wall
Can see this deyifs darkness spread
That prospers knaves and ROBBERS all!
Beneath its weight must reason fall
And truth and innocence lie dead.
Corruption ripens at the top,,
While degradation swarms below!
And one by one, like pillars drop
The manly attributes that prop
The State that now is sinking slow.
But courage, comrades!-trust the time
to come
When right shall hold and evils race be
run.
And when at their unholy feast
The bribers and the bribed down sit,
While tax and tyranny increased
Drive weaklings earthward to the beast,
And queans are queens, and judges mt
For bawds the sacred ermine wear,
And virtue cries aloud for help,
And vice and folly, everywhere
Victorious, need no more lair,
And over all the lawyers yelp-
Then Honor leaps from out the reeking
horde,
Wild-eyed, and with a rifle speaks for
God.
w w GORDAK
West Virginia Democrat. [volume] (Charles Town, W. Va.) 1885-1890, 1887-05-13
Price 3 Cents

moved out upon bis right. Picketts
lines were seen to halt, and under a
tremendous fire he changed his di-
rection by an oblique movement,
beautifully, coolly, and deliberately
made. They then advanced again,
and the confederate artillery reopen
ed upon the enemy, firing over the
heads of the advancing lines.
Forward the brave Virginians
went until at last they were within
range of the Federal infantry behind
the stonewalls on Cemetery Hill.
Then the blue line arose, and with
loud cheers poured deadly fire into
the Confederate ranks. The Confed-
crates responded with a loud yell
and pushed on unfalteringly- Now
a body of Federals were seen emerg-
ing from a clump of trees on the left
of Pettigrew's North Carolinians.
Taken by surprise, they faltered,
staggered, and fell back, as the best
troops will do when realizing they
are taken at a disadvantage.
Pickett's men had crossed the Fed
eral lines and had laid their hands
upon eleven of the enemy's cannon,
and were in the full flush of victory,
when news came to Pickett from
Longstreet, conveyed by Colonel
Latrobe, of his staff, whose horse
was shot under him as he crossed
the field, of the disaster that had be-
fallen his supports. He galloped
back to try and rally the fugitives,
but all in vain-they could not form
under that storm of shot, shell, and
bullets. Then, finding himself un-
supported, each of his hanks assail-
ed, his generals, Kemper, Armistead
and Garnett, and all his field officers
killed or wounded, his men falling
by scores around him, he threw away
his empty pistol, and with his great
soldier heart almost breaking, no
gave orders for his remaining braves
to fall back.
West Virginia Democrat. [volume] (Charles Town, W. Va.) 1885-1890, 1887-05-13

chlorine gas or burning sulphur,
and subsequently to currents OF
fresh air; (S, no public funeral
should be held in a house in which
death from diptheria has recently
occurred, or in a church or other
place where the body of diptheria
patient lies dead; (9,) the bodies Of
those who have died of diptheria
should be securely wrapped in dis
infected cerecloth-a sheet saturat-
ed in a solution of chloride of zinc,
half pound of the salt to a gallon
of water.
5. Prophylactic Measares.-The
best prophylactic measures are, (l,)
wash the mouth and gargle the
throat morning and night in weak
solution of Labarraque's solution OF
chlorinated soda, two teaspoonfuls
to an ordinary glass of water; (2.)
steam we'll the room in which the
disease exists and the Railways
leading to it with the vapor of boil
ing water, in which spirits OF tur-
pentine has been added in the pro-
portion of one pint of the latter to
five pints of water.
6. Legal Safeguards.-In addi-
ton to the above, the Statutes of
Maryland contain regulations which
should be enforced. Among them
is thee act passed by the General
Assembly at the January session OF
1882, chapter 155, entitled, can act
to provide against the spread OF In
fectious diseases" which confers
abundant power upon health Off
GERS, justices of the peace and muni-
cipal and county authorities to re-
strict or repress the introduction and
spread of infectious or contagious
diseases, if the effort to do so is
made at once.
West Virginia Democrat. [volume] (Charles Town, W. Va.) 1885-1890, 1887-05-13

Andrew CarnegIe's wealth comes
in large part from what we call "prO-
lection to American industry" that
beneficent system of taxation which
we are told is imposed for the bene-
fit Of the American laborer, and
which is supposed to keep the poor
American workingman" from being
crowded to the wall by competition
with the "pauper labor" Of Europe.
But whatever this system of 'prO
tecting' American labor may do for
men like Andrew Carnegie, who are
so fortunate as to become iron mas
ters and get possession of iron
mines, it certainly does not enable
the men who do the actual labor to
settle twenty thousand dollars Il
wear on their wives.
Year before last-the last year for
which we have any statistics-the
wages paid to miners in the Center
county mine of Carnegie Brothers
Il Co. were $l.l5 n day for inside
miners, and $1.1O for outside
miners, and the number of days
work that the men got in the year
at these wages was ll9. Thus Mrs,
Carnegie gets as wedding present
as much as the aggregate earnings
of one hundred and forty-five of these
protected American laborers, work
inc at this rate, for all the years of
her life.
West Virginia Democrat. [volume] (Charles Town, W. Va.) 1885-1890, 1887-05-13
LOBSTER STATISTICS.

One of the lobster fishermen
writes to the Portland Me. J 1rgus
as follows: "We catch Holsters from
New jersey to Newfoundland. We
find them as FAR up our bays and
rivers as salt water flows; as far out
at sea ms we catch cod and halibnt.
We catch rock HOLSTERS on the rocks,
sand Holsters on the sand, and mud
Holsters on the mud, (it is he same
with cod aii-l other kinds of fish.
but we find by studying their habits
that our bay lobstcrs stay in the
bays, that they summer ani winter
there. We find they she'd mostly in
June and July and feed until abont
the Ist Of December, and then bel
in the mud until about the lst Of
April. They come out with mud on
their backs, feed through April and
MAY, and stow awsy 10 shed in
June. When the bay Holsters dis
appear IN November We go out to
the open sea and fish through the
Winter months. The sea lobster
sheds much later, consequently we
find them plenty in December and
January. From the lst Of February
to April the catch is very light as il
is not the feeding season. 1t is out
ragcous to make laws prohibiting
catching while the ocean is fall of
them. Man is not their greatest de-
stroyer. Why not let him have an
even chance with the Goldfish and
other destroycrs. \ lobster carries
about 10000 eggs at once. five
had thrown one half the catch Of
small Holsters that were canned last
season in Maine, viz: 100000,
back into the sea, aud when left TO
grow and spawn, if We get one for
each thousand eggs we would get
1OO, 100000 from a single Matching,
or 25.000,000 year for four years.
Then we should not have to depend
on the untold millions we do not
catch for supply. We are now
catching Holsters out in the open
sea. in waters over which the State
has no control, but the law saws IL
is crime to have them in Maine
unless they are l0t inches long, and
we are compelled to throw them
away when they are much wanted
and would sell at high prices.
West Virginia Democrat. [volume] (Charles Town, W. Va.) 1885-1890, 1887-05-13
Andrew Carnegie, the great Pitts

Andrew Carnegie, the great Pitts
burg iron millionaire, got married
last month and sailed for Europe.
Before getting married he settled
$4,000 year on his bride, who
was already in her own right'a rich
woman. Andrew Carnegie is a
"self-made man as the phrase goes.
A poor Scotch boy, he commenced
life as telegraph messenger and is
now worth ut least Sl0,000,000-a
matter which shows, according to
the philosophy of some of our con-
tempOraries, that any poor Scotch
boy, who is industrious and ener-
getic, can come to this country, com.
mence life as a telegraph messenger,
and get $1O,OOO,0O0 by the time he
is fifty-four years old. Mr.. Carne-
gle is not, however, one of those self
made men who worship their maker,
but, in spite of his wealth, has re-
tanned many noble and generous
qualities. He is good to his en-
plOyes, has made large donations for
public purposes to the city of Pitts
burg, and has adorned his native
Scotch town with a fine public bath
and a good library. besides purchas-
ING for himself castle and estate in
Scotland and making beautiful
summer resort in the mountains
of Pennsylvania. He has, moreover,
written some entertaining books,
among them one called Triumph
ant Democracy" in which he views
the institutions and life of his adopt
ed country through such rose-colored
spectacles as 4 genial and generous
gentleman who has made ten million
dollars might naturally wear. We
wish him much happiness in his
new relation, and have no envy that
he is able to settle on his bride an
income of twenty thousand dollars
as long as she may live. Neverthe-
less, that one citizen of :he republic,
and by no means the richest, is able
10 settle twenty thousand dollars 4
wear upon his bride and think no
more of it than an ordinary citizen
Of the republic would of presenting
his bride with rolled gold breast
pin, is we'll worthy Of consideration.
West Virginia Democrat. [volume] (Charles Town, W. Va.) 1885-1890, 1887-05-13

In the meantime Jacob Sharp is
being brought to trial, and sits in
court with the state prison staring
him in the face. Mr.. Sharp is an
energetic and persistent man, who
takes the world as he finds it, and
who saw that New York needed a
great public convenience, a railroad
on Broadway. The land owners
along Broadway had been for years
suffered to prevent the building of a
railroad, and with things as they
are Mr.. Sharp saw that the only way
to get Broadway railroad was to
bribe the board of aldermen. This
he did, and thanks to him and his
bribery the means Of transportation
along Broadway are now 4 great deal
better than when the public were
confined to the numbering old omni
buses.
But another syndicate envied Mr..
Sharp and his spoils, and after be
ing harassed half to death he is now
on trial, with a good chance of the
state prison. Yet in reality he has
only done on a comparatively small
scale what Mr.. Crocker and his as
sociates have done on large scale.
In reality he has only done what in
the code of morals that prevails
among the richer classes of New
York and the country generally it is
considered perfectly legitimate to do.
Jacob Sharp's real crime is in being
legally found out. If this had not
occurred he would be to day one OF
New York's most respected citizens,
in spite of the fact that everybody
knew that he had bribed the board
of aldermen. And in what is he
worse than the "saviors OF society"
who give thousands and thousands
of dollars for the corruption of poll
tics and the buying of voters when
ever 1t suits their purposes? In
what is he worse than the officials
who try him? Jacob Sharp, the
prisoner, and FATTY" Walsh, the
prison keeper! is there not some
thing incongruous in that? 1t may
be refreshing to see boodler sent to
prison and a boodlee put on trial,
but rare spectacles of this sort can
not much affect boodleism.